MOBILE, Alabama -- A Peruvian ship captain was found guilty today of transporting and possessing child pornography on his vessel docked at the Port of Mobile earlier this year.

Senior U.S. District Judge Charles Butler ruled that Victor Manuel Manta-Carillo, 54, was guilty after he admitted to what federal investigators had discovered.

Manta-Carillo will be sentenced on Dec. 12.

He faces up to 10 years in prison for possessing child pornography and between 5 years and 20 years for transporting child pornography.

The charges arose from an inspection by the Border Enforcement Security Task Force, which federal and local law enforcement agencies formed to improve protection at the port, rail lines and other vital infrastructure.

Manta-Carillo, who said he has traveled around the world during his 33-year marine career, was captain of the ship Pera, which was docked in Mobile in February after a stop in Port Au Prince, Haiti, according to federal court records.

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer inspecting the ship found a disc containing bestiality in Manta-Carillo’s quarters, according to court records, and he then admitted to having child pornography on a laptop computer and an external hard drive.

“As far as the evidence is concerned, that’s that, and I await sentencing before I say anymore,” Manta-Carillo told the judge through a Spanish translator this afternoon.

A criminal complaint alleged that a forensic examination of the computer and hard drive revealed about 160 pictures of child pornography.